A MASSIVE structure mimicking the Murrumbidgee River will be installed at Wagga Airport as part of the latest roll out of public art at the facility.
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Wagga City Councillors voted to accept an expression of interest from Sydney-based Milne and Stonehouse to provide the $120,000 masterpiece for zone three of the airport's overall public art project.
The decision was made during a closed-door sitting of council on Monday night.
The artwork, to be installed on Don Kendall Drive, will depict a 12 to 15-metre curvy ribbon of river that is "punctuated" by the gradual take-off of three-metre long abstract wings.
The elements will be made of skeletal arms suspended with a flexible stainless steel mesh, which moves in the wind.
The river ribbon will be painted with a strong colour, while the nine pairs of wings will be a reflective metal surface.
According to council, artists plan to work with Wagga-based writers to develop text that can be laser cut across the river ribbon.
A report to the meeting said the airport had gone through a "significant metamorphosis in terms of airside and landside infrastructure, with significant improvements to public amenities" in recent years.
"Public art will further add to the airport from a place-making perspective, adding greatly to the visitor experience and leaving a positive lasting impression of greater Wagga," the report said.
Airport public art is a major project for the Public Art Advisory Panel.
The project has been broken into three zones: Col Henry (Reflective Nature) and Jonathan Jones, Aunty Sandy Warren, Aunty Lorrain Tye and Aunty Joyce Hampden (Wagga Wagga weaving welcome) installed their artworks for zone 1 and 2 last year.
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